Tom McClintock quotes

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“I know there's a great deal that Arnold Schwarzenegger could teach me about making movies. There's a great deal I could teach him about the fiscal reforms that are needed - desperately needed - to set California back in good order.”

“It was Lincoln who said that if you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? The answer is four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one. And calling a civil contract between consenting adults a marriage does not make it a marriage,”

“Everyone recognizes that the only purpose of that (driver's licenses for immigrants) provision is to send a powerful message that it is the official policy of the state not to recognize, enforce or respect our nation's immigration law.”

“breaks the social compact that gives government its legitimacy. ... It used to be that if a widow didn't want to sell her home to a developer, she didn't have to. ... The government was there to protect her. Now government has become the thug.”